Chapter 222

Mary chuckled softly, her laughter echoing in the quiet room before she quickly resumed her stern facade. “You brat!”

Curtis glanced at Leanne, looking for any sign of intention towards him, but found none. So, he took matters into his own hands and grabbed the gift bag she had brought.

It was empty. Nothing left.

He looked up at Leanne, searching her face for any sign of guilt, but she appeared completely at ease, not a hint of remorse in sight.

Feeling somewhat left out, especially after noticing Phillip flaunting a Montblanc pen – not that it was anything special, but still, he didn’t have one Curtis felt a sourness in his mouth as if he had just bitten into a fresh lemon.

Ungrateful girl. And after all he does for her.

“Nice. How did you know I needed a bag,” he said, holding the empty paper bag with an air of satisfaction.

Leanne was rendered speechless by his comment.

In the odd, quiet of the room, Jennifer rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming

  1. tempted to check his levels

    and there.

    bear the tension any longer,

    dinner?”

    the servants had already laid out a lavish

    should take off your scarf. It’ll be easier to

    “Alright, put it back on

    her scarf, Leanne was about to sit next to Curtis when Mary pulled

    to sit next to her. This caused Jennifer to move further down, as it was unheard of for the younger generation to sit above, their elders.

    over there,” Leanne

    have a seat,” Jennifer was too

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    whimsical behavior

    why.

    next to Mary, across the table

    she stayed for a while before deciding to

    the driver who brought her take

    figure stood at the door, Leanne urging her to come in from the cold wind, but she refused, waving until the

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